should paul wolfowitz be allowed to keep his job?
By squaretile
@squaretile (3778)
Singapore
May 14, 2007 8:39pm CST
I feel there was a clear conflict of interest when World Bank President Wolfowitz gave his girlfriend a huge pay rise.
She was transferred to the State Dept to work for Condi Rice after he became WB President. Still he awarded her a pay rise that resulted in her pay exceeding Condi Rice's (aka US foreign minister).
Her stand was that there are other WB staff who earn more than Condi Rice. I'm not sure, but Wolfowitz is married right?! With such an obvious favoritism nepotism adultery thing going on, surely he's no longer fit to head one of the world's most impt international agencies?
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@sunslinger (474)
• Singapore
15 May 07
He definitely should step down. It's blatantly obvious that he's in the wrong yet he wants to stay. It's like being caught with his hands in the cookie jar, yet he still wants to continue as the president of cookie's & co.
The worst part is that he thinks there's nothing wrong about it!
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@squaretile (3778)
• Singapore
16 May 07
Apparently now there's a faction which claims this is a set-up.
The europeans can't wait to get him off the WB, cos they didn't like his hawkish stance on Iraq. So he was 'made' to be the final 'go-ahead' person on his gf's payrise package. apparently he wanted to be distanced from her promotion.
wonder who they will put on the WB next. politics is complex. Bush apparently put him there to advance US interests.
@gewcew23 (8007)
• United States
19 May 07
Paul Wolfowitz was never qualified to be on the World Bank to begin with. Paul Wolfowitz was under secretary of defense under Rumsfield. Personally, I didn't believe that Wolfowitz should have been any where in the Bush administration. Wolfowitz was a long term Democrate he served in the Carter administration holding the same position. His only claim to fame was a so called conversion to a Neo con belief system. To my knowledge Wolfowitz has no financial policy background. There were better choices that President Bush could have made like Former Secretary of Treasury Paul H. O'Neill.
@squaretile (3778)
• Singapore
22 May 07
that's true, thanks for sharing your opinions! politics is a complex affair. who gets to head international organisations is no longer a matter of capability and suitability alone. it's also about which super power is backing you, whether they think you can be manipulated to represent their interests etc.
perhaps paul o'neil will step to the fore now.
@Destiny007 (5805)
• United States
15 May 07
I think that decision should be made by the panel that has been looking into these charges, and that he should answer only to that panel and not tried in the court of public opinion.
@ganwn071 (1116)
• Singapore
19 May 07
Paul Wolfowitz should not need to resign. he should have been fired outright for both his behavior and job performance, very publically, several weeks ago when the scandal first broke out. It is disgraceful that he has been allowed to stay, dragging the institution's name through the mud, while the pretence of negotiations and his face being saved went on.
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@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
15 May 07
Oh yes! Of course!
It is exactly like the NKF saga where the fella was rewarding all the people he liked, so much so that he actually gives them back dated promotions!
How come there is no committee to check on the President's actions?
@EvanHunter (4026)
• United States
16 May 07
Should he, yes. Will he, probly not. If he was going to he would have done it before it came to an investigation. I seriously doubt anything will happen and if it does it will be a slap on the hand, nothing seems to happen to those at the top anymore. Besides int he latest story I read it seems he is promising changes in his management style if he stays on, so I think he will probly be let off with a be a good boy and dont do it again.
